1911, American English, originally baseball slang; perhaps ultimately from jyng "a charm, a spell" (17c.), originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from Latin iynx "wryneck," from Greek iynx.
Most mysterious of all in the psychics of baseball is the "jinx," that peculiar "hoodoo" which affects, at times, a man, at other times a whole team. Let a man begin to think that there is a "jinx" about, and he is done for for the time being. ["Technical World Magazine," 1911]
The verb is 1912 in American English, from the noun. Related: Jinxed; jinxing.
实用例句
1. He was beginning to think he was a jinx.
他开始认为自己是个倒霉蛋。来自柯林斯例句
2. I'm convinced there's a jinx on this car.
我看这辆汽车是灾星。来自《权威词典》
3. The injury jinx has struck Real Madrid.
队员受伤的厄运降临到皇家马德里队的头上.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. I'm sure there's a jinx on this car.
我确信这辆轿车带来厄运.来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The team seems to have shaken off the jinx that's been dogging them for months.
